News, techniques and inspirations
The amazing new Magic Picture Changer Die from Lawn Fawn allows you to create a stamped scene that changes into a different scene when the tab is pulled. There’s a million and one ideas I can think of for … Read More ... “Picture Changer Get Well Card”
I love the background is on this lovely card from Nicole, it’s looks like colorful marble and the gold letters for the sentiment work beautifully with it. She created her card background using different colors of refill for alcohol markers. … Read More ... “Card Background with Alcohol Marker Refills”
When you pull the tab on this oh so cute Raccoon Card from Laura Dovalo he does a little happy dance, how amazing is that!? She’s sharing some tips and tricks on how she created the mechanism for this fun … Read More ... “Interactive Dancing Raccoon Card”
Sheer Shimmer Stix from Imagine Crafts are a fun new way to add color, shimmer and shine to your cards and paper crafting projects. Jessica Lin shows how quick and easy it is to use the Stix to color directly … Read More ... “Coloring with Sheer Shimmer Stix”
These cool robot cards from Lindsay are perfect for masculine cards or for anyone who loves Steampunk or an Industrial look. The rusty metallic backgrounds are the perfect touch and really make the robots pop off the card. She’s sharing … Read More ... “Robot Cards”
Julie Koerber got different looks using the same stamp just by changing the ink color she stamped in and the different coloring mediums she chose. It’s a great way to challenge yourself to try new ways to color your stamps … Read More ... “Coloring the Same Stamp with Different Mediums”
These sweet Easter Bunnies would be fun on Easter cards, tags and scrapbook pages. I particularly love the chocolate bunny with the bite taken out 🙂 These digital stamps were created by Patricia Alvarez and are FREE to download over … Read More ... “Easter Rabbits Digital Stamps”
Nuvo Drops from Tonic Studio are a fun way to add embellishment to your cards. They come in loads of different colors and finishes in small squeeze bottles. Yana has 5 different way you can incorporate Nuvo Drops on your … Read More ... “5 Different Ways to Use Nuvo Drops on Cards”
Hello Bluebird is becoming one of my favorite stamp companies, they have such adorable designs! I used their new Spring Gatherings stamps and die sets to create this fun Z Fold Card for St. Patrick’s Day. Visit my Youtube channel … Read More ... “St. Patrick’s Day Z Fold Card”
The bright and colorful background on this card looks like a shiny, shimmery tile. Danielle applied Copic markers on Yupo paper and then covered the entire panel with resin that she added glitter to for a card that almost looks … Read More ... “Rainbow Resin Card”
This is would be such a fun card to make and give to that special guy for his birthday. Kelly used a mirror stamping technique for two mugs facing opposite directions and transformed one of the basic mugs into a … Read More ... “Masculine Birthday Mug Card”
I’m seeing fun and festive Pinatas pop up everywhere, they are super trendy right now! Rina created these colorful shaker cards with a stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh that includes a cupcake, heart and unicorn Pinatas. She’s sharing a … Read More ... “Pinata Shaker Card”
If you don’t have the right color of embossing powder for your project don’t worry, you can try this cool (or should I say hot? :)) double embossing technique. Kim stamped her fun nerdy science images with colored ink pads … Read More ... “Double Embossing Technique”
Oh my, how utterly adorable are all the little dragons pop up around this fairy tale card?! Sandie created this fun card without any expensive dies just some good old fashion measuring, cutting and scoring. She’s got all the steps … Read More ... “Pop Up Fairy Tail Card”
Heather Hoffman has a wonderful way to get the look of painted flowers with this faux painting technique. By coloring directly on solid floral stamps with markers she was able to add multiple colors and shading to each element of … Read More ... “Floral Card with Faux Painting Technique”
